Community Calendar

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Click here for directions to submit your Jewish nonprofit community event to the Community Calendar. Federation encourages you to consult and follow the latest Connecticut COVID-19 guidelines when planning in-person events. 

ABOUT RED AND ORANGE LETTER EVENTS:

  • To request a Red or Orange Letter event, please submit your event as you would any other, but include “RED LETTER: Event Name” or “ORANGE LETTER: Event Name” as the title (for example: RED LETTER: JCC Annual Meeting).
  • All events will be added to the Community Calendar in the order they were submitted.

QUESTIONS? Contact Samantha Schoenberg at schoenberg@jewishhartford.org.

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Feb 13, 2025
Tu B'Shevat
Feb

9 2025

 

The Friends of the IDF
Invites you to a special community briefing with special guests, Dr. Ari Sacher and IDF Soldie…

Feb

9 2025

CBI's Adult Ed: Jewish Ireland

1:00PM - 2:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

The Irish-Jewish community has been a small but influential part of Irish life for centuries. This lecture will dive …

Feb

9 2025

The Wedding Jester with John Feffer

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

John Feffer’s one man show The Wedding Jester is a fictional account inspired by the real-life making of the Fiddle…

Feb

9 2025

HJFF: Children of Peace

3:00PM - 4:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Join the Phyllis Hoffman Hartford Jewish Film Festival for CHILDREN OF PEACE, a documentary about the Neve Shalom (Oa…

Feb

9 2025

HJFF: Technion 100

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Screening after CHILDREN OF PEACE, TECHNION 100 celebrates the centennial of one of the leading technological researc…

Feb

9 2025

NEJA Alumni Happy Hour

4:00PM - 5:30PM  

New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Alumni Happy Hour will be a social gathering for alumni and the community to catch up at NEJA. FREE and RSVP…

Feb

10 2025

Caring Conversations About End of Life

12:30PM - 1:45PM  

The Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Join Rabbi Melanie Levav, Executive Director of Shomer Collective, to explore the value that end-of-life planning…

Feb

10 2025

This World is a Garden

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Chabad House
2352 albany ave
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117-1406

 

Chabad of Greater Hartford invites you to an Evening of Film & Music
This World is a Garden with The Festival Quartet

Feb

11 2025

Community Leadership Initiative

5:30PM - 8:30PM  

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite C
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Community Leadership Initiative (CLI) is a 10-month program designed for senior level lay leaders from Greater Ha…

Feb

11 2025

Brine & Boards

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

chabad house
2352 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Join us for a Pre Tu B'Shvat event!

Pickled Vegetables - Wood board burning - Soup and Breads - Tu B'Shvat Foods

Ma…

Feb

11 2025

Beth El Temple - Board Meeting

6:45PM - 8:45PM  

Board Meeting

Feb

12 2025

Voices of Hope Board Meeting

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

kathy fishman

RI

Board Meeting

Feb

12 2025

Tu B'Shvat Charcuterie!

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth David Synogogue
20 Dover Road
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06119

Join us for a glass of wine and an interactive discussion, presented by Allison Gamzon ( Science Educator, Writer, an…

Feb

12 2025

Art & Judaism

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Chabad House
2352 albany ave
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117-1406

 

The Rebbe and the Advent of Chassidic Art
Transforming Matter into Spirit with Dovid Margolin
Dovid Margolin is a sen…

Feb

13 2025

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Feb

16 2025

THE WAY OF LOVE, AN INTERSPIRITUAL CONVERGENCE

8:30AM - 4:30PM  

Holy Family Monastery
303 Tunxis Rd.
West Hartford, Connecticut, CT 06107

 

Presenter Profiles Rev. Matthew Wright Rev. Matthew Wright is an Episcopal priest, writer, and retreat leader…

Feb

14 2025

Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC

3:00PM - 3:30PM  

New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Join NEJA for Shabbat Shebang! Parents bring your children ages 4 and under for some fun music, shabbat songs and prayers.

Feb

14 2025

CBI's Kol Shabbat Service & Community Dinner

6:00PM - 7:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Join us for our camp-style service with a song-leader playing guitar, followed by a delicious community dinner!

Feb

15 2025

CBI's Tot Shabbat

10:30AM - 11:00AM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Children under 6, siblings, parents, grandparents - the whole mishpocha - are invited to join us. We will sing and da…